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Nigeria and Scandalised Federal High Court
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 7 June 1911, the High Court of…
Hail to the New Chief Justice of Nigeria
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he died at 80 in June 2008, Lamidi…
Tinubu Government, Human Rights, Press Freedom and the Judiciary
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When Major-General Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the elected civilian…
Enforcing Human Rights in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis of Court Judgements
By Sonny Onyegbula Human rights enforcement in Nigeria inhabits many complexities such…
Some Cautionary Thoughts about Reforming Nigeria’s Judiciary
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Seven years after his emergence as Nigeria’s military Head…
In the Matter of the Yam-Eating Division of the FCT High Court
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Rights are only worth having if they are occasionally…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court Decision on Local Government Autonomy: A Watershed Moment
By Sonny Onyegbula The Supreme Court's decision on local government autonomy is…
Odinkalu, Others Offer Hope to Millions of the Stateless in Africa
By Michael Blanding When refugees seek asylum, they leave one country for…
A Petition To The Nigerian National Human Rights Commission
African Law Foundation and others petition NHRC over “Systematic” rights violations in…
